Anne Enright Quotes

Consistency is always the best teacher.

I'm still in the gym every day for training, putting in the same hard work every week. That's the only way I know how to do it.

Excellence is not a single act. You are what you repeatedly do.

I believe ability can get you to the top,” says coach John Wooden, “but it takes character to keep you there.… It’s so easy to … begin thinking you can just ‘turn it on’ automatically, without proper preparation. It takes real character to keep working as hard or even harder once you’re there. When you read about an athlete or team that wins over and over and over, remind yourself, ‘More than ability, they have character.'

I sit down religiously every morning, I sit down for eight hours every day - and the sitting down is all.

It’s not what you do some of the time that counts, it’s what you do all of the time that counts.

Put 'going the extra mile' to work as part of one's daily habit

We must patiently practice every day.

I don't believe in inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs. Some of the time you know you're cooking, and the rest of the time, you just do it.

For 42 years, I worked nonstop from 7 A.M. to 5 P.M., day in and day out.

It's not what you do once in a while, it's what you do day in and day out that makes the difference.

My principal at RADA once told me, 'You'll know you're a professional when you don't feel like doing it but you have to do it.'

Well, if you find a note tonight that sounds good, play the same damn note every night!

Write a little bit every day, each day. Visit it, every day - in other words, show up for work.

I used to write when I was in the mood or felt inspired. Anymore, I write whether I feel inspired or not. It's a discipline. So that's definitely different. It's part of maturing as a person and as a professional.

I've been very successful at selling my things, but I've also been getting up at 4 in the morning for 40 years.

My work ethic I learned at Miami High, and I have taken that with me.

I get up at 4:30 in the morning, seven days a week, no matter where I am in the world.

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

I practiced for at least two hours every day for twenty years, before then I practiced maybe four to five hours a day, and before then 14 hours a day. It was all I had ever done.

I am the extreme member of the band because I never go out after the show. It's my rule.

The only routine I have is that I finish everything I start. I wake up early every day - about 6.30 A.M. - but I do not work every day. I could laze for a day or two, but I wouldn't do it for three.

There is no influence like the influence of habit.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

It's not like I have media out there when I'm training. I'm training the same. I'm putting in the same work.